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Atlas Shrugged should be read the same way as Mein Kampf should be read. As a cautious tale about what evil people believe in. It should be read as a way to get
by hristov 2y ago
Atlas Shrugged should be read the same way as Mein Kampf should be read. As a cautious tale about what evil people believe in. It should be read as a way to get into their disturbed heads see what they are thinking to better protect yourself from them.
Otherwise it is a quite boring book complete devoid of artistic merit.
If you are going to read Atlas Shrugged do not buy it new. I like to rummage around used bookshops and atlas shrugged is by far the most plentiful book there. That is no doubt because a lot of people buy the book because of the hype and then sell it because they are bored out of their skulls after twenty pages. So you can always get a pristine used copy for half price.
- skellington 2y agoIt is boring. It's hyper-boring. It's just more efficient to read her direct works on Objectivism than trying to slog through a narrative form of it.
- trhway 2y ago>Atlas Shrugged should be read the same way as Mein Kampf should be read. my thinking is pretty close. For me Atlas Shrugged is the processing of the Ayn Rand's own PTSD resulting from coming of age during Russian Revolution and the following civil war with the bolsheviks coming into full power as a result. Add to that the shock of immigration immediately after that into completely different country/society (and I see similar to Ayn Rand's thinking in many USSR/Russian immigrants, at least in their first 10-20 years here) And so it is boring like a psychologist patient's notes would be.
- wslh 2y agoI see your point, but comparing Mein Kampf to Atlas Shrugged feels misplaced. Mein Kampf is not fiction: it’s a manifesto tied to genocide and historical atrocities. While both provoke strong reactions, the moral and historical weight of Mein Kampf is incomparable, given the real-world consequences it inspired.